Worcester

Worcester is a city in Worcestershire, England, located 31 miles southwest of Birmingham and 27 miles north of Gloucester. Worcester was founded in 400 BC as a fort for the native Britons, and it was known as "Vertis" during antiquity. By the late Middle Ages, the growth of the cloth industry led to the growth of Worcester as a city, and it was the site of the Battle of Worcester, the final battle of the English Civil War, in 1651. In 2015, Worcester had a population of 101,328 people.